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Herpangina also called mouth blisters is the name of a painful mouth infection caused by coxsackieviruses. Usually herpangina is produced by one particular strain of coxsackie virus A (and the term herpangina virus refers to coxsackievirus A) but it can also be caused by coxsackievirus B or echoviruses. Most cases of herpangina occur in the summer affecting mostly children. However it occasionally occurs in adolescents and adults. It was first characterized in 1920.
